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Show Harry S. Joseph, Former Speaker of Utah House of Representatives, Tells of Future Prosperity in Mining and Agriculture A NEW AWAKENING IN STAR DISTRICT EASTERN AND WESTERN CAPITALISTS LOOKING OVER PROSPECTS IN VICINITY Through the. efforts of Mr. A. C. Nebeker, a well known mining engineer engi-neer and operator, Mr. H. S. Joseph, foi mer speaker of the Utah Housie of Representatives and mine, operator, representing Eeveral groups of eastern east-ern capitalists, visited Star mining district, this county Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Joseph is not a stranger in our midst, having been engaged as engineer engi-neer some thirty-five years ago in locating lo-cating and constructing the present Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad, now Union Pacific. Some of the side-1 side-1 gbts told the newspaper representative representa-tive during his interview, relating to the early life on Escalante desert, would be interesting and are undoubtedly undou-btedly known to the old-timers. He lemembers John Lynch and Denny Ryan, of Horn Silver fame. Mat Cul-lin, Cul-lin, who. opened up the Moscow and many others) who assisted in development develop-ment of the mining and agricultural interests of our Milford country. "Star district" said Mr. Joseph, "is going to be the scene of great mining activity in the next twelve months. After a protracted visit in twenty principal states of the United States east of the Rocky mountains, I- am convinced that Utah offers to the home-seeker and investor, better opportunities op-portunities than those afforded in the densely populated states! of. the Union. Un-ion. "Utah's area, comprising some 60,-000 60,-000 square miles has hardly any portion of this vast area unfit for something. Its valleys, with the wonderful won-derful nature-made irrigation works for agriculture; its deserts for sheep and cattle grazing; and its mountains moun-tains teeming with natural mineral resources, offer a field for vast exploitation, ex-ploitation, by not only extensive capital, cap-ital, but for those of moderate means. "Most of our mining districts, such as Bingham, with its wonderful Utah Copper, the largest open-cut copper mine in the world, the United States Mining company. Bingham Mines and Utah Apex, large lead silver mines; Park City, with the Park Utah, and Silver King Coalation mines large lead silver mines producing millions of dividends annually; an-nually; Tintic with, its Mammoth. Chief Consoidated, Eagle and Blue Bell. International Smelting company's, com-pany's, domain, and Tintic Standard, thei wonder mine of the United States all lead s'lver producers and such properties as the. Black Warrior, Sil-j ver Shield, and others in the making, i are controlled by large mining companies com-panies so that the question is asked by capital. "Where is there another lead mining district in Utah in which 'o invest. I unqualifiedly and untile-' nutcdly can answer." said Mr. Jo--rph with enthusiasm, "STAR DISTRICT. DIS-TRICT. It has only b"en scratched. !))! h is what is needed. "Lock at the great Horn Silver, wiii) ias 23,000. Chi record; the Moscow, Mos-cow, the Wild Bill. Magnolia Lart. t'n- Plumbic, the Utah Premier," the Croft, the Harrington-Hickory, all producers, end many of lesser note not yet developed. "Star district is attracting the at tention on account of tho increasing" demand for lead, because it is the only on-ly open available lead mining district in Utah today. ! "Do. we every pause to think of the lateist uses of lead. The automobile automo-bile industry and the radio use millions mil-lions of pounds of lead for batteries and glass, the municipal under-' ground lead cables, and the tetral 'ethyl lead in gasoline paints, and ' chemicals, all have added to the ' hitherto unknown uses, of lead. '- "My mission east was to sell Utah I to the congested and rich east, and a I I stated above, my mission, I trust, I will beer fruit when the capitalists I I have induced to pay a visit soon to I the Star district, will have made the'r decision to invest, and I firmly believe 'hat they will assist materially material-ly in development of the Star district "Shipments of ore coining from the Horn Silver, the Moscow. Wild Bill. Magnolia Lead, Utah Premier. Lynn Big Six, Plumlrc and others, tell the is.!: of present production. "Utah is one of the self supporting support-ing states, of the nation, and with a record of over $82,000,000 in lead, liver, gold and, copper. $50,000,000 in coal, iron and other mineral, mak i'ing a total of. $ 132.000,000 in mineral, miner-al, and about, $G'5,'000,000 in the agricultural ag-ricultural ' and livestock industry, demonstrates its ability to produce what is needed to aistain its population, popula-tion, and yet givi to the east, who have invested in i s minas, the surplus sur-plus in rli. ? of divider'"-. J 2.000. -000 went from our i.r'ne-. in 1925 in dividends. The ea te-n capitalist looks for and is ontitPd to fair returns re-turns and a square deal at the hands of those i:h whom he trusts his funds. "We in Utah, h.ive no factional strifes, no lab if troubles, and at peace among ourselves, and with all the states in the Union, hence all the good citizens of our commonwealth are united for a greater Utah and still greater United States." I |